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I wouldn't focus so much on the rdrand part. That's more a proof that they have crafted a custom microcode than trying to say that rdrand is broken.
by monocasa 2y ago
I wouldn't focus so much on the rdrand part. That's more a proof that they have crafted a custom microcode than trying to say that rdrand is broken.
- wrs 2y agoI think the argument for entropy mixing was that RDRAND could be broken, not that it was broken. On these processors, apparently yes it could.
- monocasa 2y agoRdrand was known to be previously broken. https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1d9aazw/rdrand_not_working_on_amd_cpu/ https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1d9aazw/rdrand_n...